unit4the-professor-and-the-yo-yo

•ABriefIntroductiontoAlbertEinstein•Einstein’sChronologyBeforeReading_2AlbertEinstein(1879～1955)German-bornAmericanPhysicistandNobelLaureate1.Doyourememberyourchildhooddreams?2.Haveyoueverthoughtofbecomingascientist?SirIsaacNewton(1642-1727)牛顿CharlesDarwin(1809-1892)达尔文AlbertEinstein(1879-1955)爱因斯坦MarieCurie(1867-1934)居里夫人3.Canyounamesomeworld-famousscientists?4.Whatmakesagreatscientist?BeforeReading_2_2_1DateEventMarch14,187919031905BorninUlm,Germany,theelderchildofabusinessmanandamusicalmother.MarriedMilevaMaric,hisclassmateatthepolytechnic.Theyhadtwosonsbuteventuallydivorced.Publishedthreeground-breakingpapersonthemotionofparticles,thenatureoflight,andtherelationshipbetweenenergyandinertia惯性.Einstein’sChronologyBeforeReading1914-1933191619211930Publishedhis“AutobiographicalNotes.”PublishedhisGeneralTheoryofRelativity.DirectorofKaiserWilhelmPhysicalInstituteinBerlin.AwardedtheNobelPrizeforphysics.BeforeReading_2_2_3October1939November18,1952April18,1955DeclinedanoffertobecomeheadofstateofIsrael.DiedinhospitalinPrinceton.WrotetoFranklinRoosevelt,PresidentoftheUnitedStates,onthepossibilityofmanufacturinganuclearbombandtheneedtobeattheNazis.MoreaboutEinstein1.Inhisearlychildhoodhewasslowtolearntotalkanddidnotseemtobeverybright.2.Butbythetimehewas14,hehadtaughthimselfadvancedmathematicsfromtextbooks.3.In1905whenhewas25,headvancedhistheoryofrelativity.4.In1921EinsteinwontheNobelPrizeforhisworkinphotoelectrictheory(光电理论).5.Heoncerefusedtospeakontheradiofor$1,000aminute.MoreaboutEinstein6.Onanotheroccasionheusedacheckfor$1,500asabookmarkandthenhelostthebook.7.Oftentherewerevisitorslikethe12-year-oldgirlwho,foratime,formedthehabitofvisitinghimonherwayhomefromschool.Finally,thepuzzledmotherofthegirlmetDr.Einsteinandaskedhimwhatheandherdaughtertalkedabout.Thedoctorsmiledandexplained:“Oh,shebringsmecookies,andIdoherarithmetichomeworkforher.”DoyouknowanyproverbsofEinstein?1.“Imaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge.”2.Anyonewhohasnevermadeamistakehasnevertriedanythingnew.(一个从未犯错的人是因为他不曾尝试新鲜事物。)3.Trynottobecomeamanofsuccess,butrathertrytobecomeamanofvalue.4.Lifeislikeridingabicycle.Tokeepyourbalanceyoumustkeepmoving.(人生就像骑单车。想保持平衡就得往前走。)BeforeReading_3TheYo-Yoisasimpletoyconsistingofagrooveddoublediskwithastringaboutthecenter.Theplayerholdstheendofthestringwhichunwindsitselfasthediskisdropped.Thenbyaslightjerkonthestring,theplayercausesittorewinditself,andtoreelupbacktothehand.Since1930ithasbecomeapopulartoy.TheYo-YoBarbieDominoJigsawMagicsquareTransformersToybricksmodest:adj.1)notproud谦逊的,谦虚的2)notlargeinamount,size,etc;moderate适度的,适中的我们班长总是对自己的成就很谦逊。Ourmonitorisalwaysmodestabouthisachievements.(bemodestabout)Heboughtthebicycleatamodestprice.他以适中的价格买了辆自行车．display:1.vt.show展示，显示，表现；陈列，展览Theartmuseumisplanningtodisplaythenewpaintingsithasbought.艺术博物馆正准备展出刚买的新画。2.n.theactofdisplaying;acollectionofthingsdisplayed展示，显示，表现；陈列，展览OnNewYear'sEvethedisplayoffireworksoffersmanyattractions.impress:vt.1)makesomeonefeeladmirationandrespect给…以深刻的印象Billborrowedasportscartoimpresshisgirlfriend.2)maketheimportanceofsomethingcleartosomeone使铭记Iimpressedonhimtheimportanceofhiswork.Eg:Weweredeeplyimpressedbyhisdeeds.impresssomebodywithsomething:使某人牢记某事impresssomethingonsomebody使某人牢记某事beimpressedby/with被…所感动,对---留下深刻印象Pattern:n.impression印象make/leaveanimpressiononsomebody给某人留下印象eg:Imadeabadimpressiononmyteacherbyarrivinglateonmyfirstday.我印象中他们刚刚争吵过．Igottheimpressionthatthey’djusthadanargument.function:1.vi.work,operate;dotheworkof工作，运转，起作用Whenthecomputerfunctionsproperly,thegreenlightison.2.n.use,specialdutyorpurpose作用，功能，职能当计算机正常运转时，绿灯是亮着的。Thebrainperformsthreefunctions:reading,recallingandanalyzing.Thespokesmanfunctionsasachannelbetweentheleadershipandthepublic.Note:functionas:起…作用，其职能、职责是…frustrate:1)topreventthefulfilmentof;defeatsomeone挫败，破坏，阻挠Eg:Thebadweatherfrustrateallourhopesofgoingout.2)tocausesomeonetohavefeelingsofannoyeddisappointment使沮丧，使灰心丧气Eg:I’mfeelingfrustratedinmypresentjob.(befrustratedin---对---灰心丧气)n.frustration1)tocausethefailure[U]失败,泄气frustrationofcontract合同落空2)somethingthatdisappointedsomebody[C]挫折,使人失望的事Lifeisfulloffrustrations.人生充满了挫折.ambition:n.astrongdesiretoachievesomething,suchasfameorpower野心；抱负，雄心Hisambitiontobecomeamillionairehascometrue.Asparrowcannotunderstandtheambitionofaswan.燕雀安知鸿鹄之志。Note:ambitious:adj.有雄心的，野心勃勃的Collocation:achieve/realizeone’sambitionfrustrateone’sambitionstimulateone’sambitionone’slife-longambition实现抱负使某人的野心（或雄心）受挫激发某人的雄心壮志毕生的志向correspond:vi.Doyouoftencorrespondwithyourfriends?2)beinagreement,harmony,orconformity对应，符合，与----一致他言行不一。Hisactionsdonotcorrespondwithhiswords.correspondence:n.1)通信；２）符合corresponding:adj.对应的，相当的correspondent:通讯员，记者1)writeletterstoeachother通信我打开包裹，仅仅为了满足自己的好奇心。curiosity:n.thedesiretoknowaboutsomethingIopenedthepacketjusttosatisfymycuriosity.Collocation:arouseone’scuriositysatisfy/feedone’scuriosityEg:Ilookedathimwithcuriosity.outofcuriositywithcuriosity引起某人的好奇满足某人的好奇心出于好奇好奇地curious:adj.becuriousaboutpursue:vt.(1)workat;bebusywith继续；从事，忙于Heispursinghisstudiesatth